John Acton
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Former Civil Servant (HM Customs & Excise,, now Retired piano teacher, novelist |
| Location | 26 Holmwood Avenue, Shenfield,Brentwood,, Essex CM15 8QS, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Thankful for a wonderful wife, children,grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I am a little deaf and now partially sighted, but blessed with good health and mobility so that I can enjoy weekly tennis at my club in Bentley and services at my Baptist Church in Brentwood - www.brentwoodbaptist.org.uk/blog. |
| Interests | Family, Music (esp., piano playing, teaching and composition),Christianity (Crusaders and Brentwood Baptist Church) writing children's and YP novels, reading, tennis and gardening. |
| Favorite movies | Nil although I appreciate the film adaptations of classic novels. In 1937 I played the piano as a juvenile in the Shepperton British Film "Talking Feet" starring Hazel Ascot (See general Pianist-Storyteller blog,Talking Feet) |
| Favorite music | Classical music, esp., piano solos and concertos. I suppose I put Chopin as No. 1, but there are many others that vie for attention. |
| Favorite books | A big range here of classics,Dickens,the Bronte sisters, and some moderns plus, of course, the Bible in a modern translation. |
What's the earliest you've gotten up to watch cartoons and what did you see?
On no occasion (whoever,apart from young children, would want to do that?)